You are not imagining it and you are not being difficult. Document it and take the document in.

No wrong answers, and yours is a good one. Not on an abandoned book but the pattern is familiar.

Small wins count. Walking to the mailbox is a data point.

Ask for the longer appointment slot. Ten minutes is not enough for a complex history and pretending otherwise wastes both your time. Same for me with …

It gets smaller. Not easy, smaller. That distinction kept me going.

An inconclusive account is useful if it stops the next person mistaking a story for a controlled comparison.